Tuesday, June 7, 2011

MiNATO NAMIKAZE THE FOURTH HOKAGE'S PERSONALITY AND APPEARANCE

PERSONALITY-Jiraiya and Tsunade pointed out that, while Naruto physically bears great resemblance to Minato, his personality is almost identical to hismother. While Naruto is boisterous and relativelythick, Minato was calm, collected, and highlyperceptive. He also seemed well aware of theterror his reputation inspired in his foes. Heappeared to be respectful of those around him; he didn't like freely speaking about others' pasts,and was said to be a very nice person. He deeplycared for and loved his wife and child, becomingvery nervous because of Kushina's pain duringlabour and even shedding tears of joy at hisson's birth. He also enjoyed reading, and took a special liking to reading Jiraiya's work inparticular.

Jiraiya said that Minato was a shrewd person,and was not a man who would do somethingwithout reason. He was very knowledgeable ofthe ninja world, concluding that only MadaraUchiha would have the power or the reason tohave the Nine-Tails attack Konoha during their fight. Minato was known for his unbeatabledetermination and unbelievable drive, which hepassed on to his son. In his youth, Minato alsohad a desire to be acknowledged by everyone inthe village and to become a great Hokage, again,a trait passed onto his son. His devotion to the village and his love for his friends inspired allthose around him, and, as a result, he becamewell-liked by the villagers. Minato wasnevertheless understanding that Naruto must feelhurt by the fact that his own father had sealed a monster inside him.

APPEARANCE-Minato was a fairly tall fair-skinned man who onmore than one occasion has been compared withNaruto in terms of physical appearance; bothhave bright blue-eyes and spiky blond hair.Unlike Naruto, Minato had jaw-length bangsframing either side of his face. According to Jiraiya, Minato was considered to be veryhandsome, as many women were infatuatedwith him. His normal attire consisted of astandard Konoha-nin uniform with two bandseach on both of his sleeves, a flak jacket and a forehead protector; after becoming Hokage, he started wearing a short-sleeved long white coatover his normal attire, decorated by flames-likemotifs on the edges, with the kanji for "FourthHokage" (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage) written vertically down the back, and closed on the frontby a thin orange rope. In his youth, he wore atracksuit with three stripes on the sleeves, meshundershirt, dark trousers and dark calf-lengthsandals.